प्रतीवाप

{ pratīvāpḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्रती—वाप  m.  m. = प्रति-व्°, [Suśr.]

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प्रती वाप

a disease, pestilence, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रतीवापः [pratīvāpḥ]   1 Adding to, inserting (as an ingredient); तत्र वीरतर्वादिसिद्धं जलमूषकादि प्रतीवापं पाययेत् [Suśr.]
Calcining or fluxing metals.
An epidemic disease, a plague.

Shabda-Sagara

प्रतीवाप  m.  ( -पः)
1. Calcining or fluxing metals.
2. Throwing one sub- stance into another to alter its form or state.
3. Adding any thing to a medicine during or after decoction.
4. Mixing whey with milk.
5. A public danger or calamity, as a plague, &c.
E. प्रति before, वप् to spread, aff. घञ्, whence the vowel of the prefix is lengthened.

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प्रति वप् घञ्